RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Retroperitoneal abscess as an initial presentation of cecal carcinoma
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 999
OP 1001
VO 23
IS 8
A1 Abdul-Wahed N. Meshikhes
A1 Meshal M. Al-Otaibi
A1 Hussain A. Al-Amer
A1 Osama H. Al-Saif
YR 2002
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/23/8/999.abstract
AB We report an unusual case of cecal carcinoma presenting first time as retroperitoneal abscess. As the patient was septic on presentation and the underlying cancer was not clear, she was treated initially by extraperitoneal drainage of the abscess. She later underwent a palliative right hemicolectomy. She presented a month later with recurrence at the drainage site. This case highlights this unusual initial presentation of right colonic cancer, the diagnostic dilemma and the poor prognosis associated with it.